# contesting

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #24,712

## Definitions
1. The act of one who contests something; a disputation.

## Easily confused with
- **contrasting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/contesting-vs-contrasting)
- **connecting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/connecting-vs-contesting)
- **consisting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/consisting-vs-contesting)
- **contacting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/contacting-vs-contesting)
- **contestant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/contestant-vs-contesting)
- **confessing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/confessing-vs-contesting)
- **consenting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/consenting-vs-contesting)
- **contending** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/contending-vs-contesting)

## Common misspellings (16)
`ccontesting`, `cnotesting`, `conetsting`, `conntesting`, `contesitng`, `contessting`, `contestign`, `contestingg`, `contestinng`, `contestnig`, `contestting`, `contetsing`, `contseting`, `conttesting`, `cotnesting`, `ocntesting`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/contesting